Abeliche

Part of speech: adverb

Definitions

1. Done in a skilled, capable way, showing ability and competence in the action performed
2. Carried out with fitness and skill, as a person with the proper power to succeed would do it
3. In an able and proficient fashion, as archaic English would describe someone acting with ability

Etymology: Before "able" meant "capable," it meant "easy to handle." It comes through Old French "able" from Latin "habilis," which described things that could be grasped or managed easily, and "habilis" in turn comes from "habere," "to hold." So the ability sense grew out of something physical: a thing you could hold and work with. "Abeliche" is a Middle English form built from that adjective plus the suffix "-liche." The suffix goes back to Old English "-lic," which is related to "lic," meaning body or form, and it is the same ending that later became "-ly" in modern English. Combining the two gave a word meaning roughly "in an able manner," or "capably."